Quotes About Government

I don't get why the government is the only one that gets to print money.

We can say, "if you want government money, you have to make this data public - you have to share it."

I didn't defraud the government by taking money that was not mine.

What was needed was a policy that increased the supply of money available for use and then ensured its use. Then the state of trade would have to improve.

All this money washing around Washington and all of these contributions taint all of us.

Government money in the arts, I fear, can only deflect artists from their responsibility to find an authentic market for their products.

I would also say Barack Obama has spent much, much, much, much more money than the Republicans.

A government may only govern so long as the people, through their representatives, vote it the money to carry on.

The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that might be inherently immoral.

Most Americans agree that federal money, their tax money shouldn't be used to help pay for abortions.

As Americans, we realize that there is no taxpayer money that wasn't first earned through the sweat and toil of one of our citizens.

You've got to just follow the money [in Washington]. You see it. There's no countervailing power.

I never voted to spend one penny of Social Security money.

Your money has never been safe in the government's hands, and it never will be. Governments spend money; it's just their nature.

If people won't spend any money, the government has this moral obligation to do it.

Right now, nobody legalized paper money. Where did that come from.

It's not fair to say that Congress spends money like a drunk sailor. At least the sailor is spending his own money!

What I know is that taxation, as far as liberal Democrats are concerned, is not about money. It's about power.

I am interested in tax policy that raises money because I don't like being in debt.

I do think that people ought to have some control over their money, rather than the government, just mandating to them how they're going to invest their money.

The government can reasonably rely on debt ratings when it forms programs to lend money to buyers of otherwise unattractive debt instruments.

I created jobs and saved the taxpayers money on every road I built.

Washington's a cesspool of money.

I deny the power of the general government to making paper money, or anything else a legal tender.